09.08.2013
- Onyx Pharmaceuticals is close to selling itself to larger rival Amgen as the cancer drug maker's high stock price has discouraged other companies from making a counteroffer so far...
02.08.2013
- British drugmaker AstraZeneca warned on Thursday of higher costs in 2013 as it invests through a slump in sales caused by a wave of patent expiries on key medicines. The prediction...
25.07.2013
- China's official news agency hinted that more foreign pharmaceutical firms could soon be implicated in a corruption scandal sweeping the industry, in the wake of bribery...
24.07.2013
- A U.S. citizen has been detained in China in connection with probes sparked by an unfolding corruption scandal in the drugs industry, as China widens the range of international...
22.07.2013
- Swiss drugmaker Roche faces the prospect of hiring an outsider to replace its chairman of 16 years after its most suitable board members turned down the job. The 117-year old...
22.07.2013
- Vivus has agreed to give dissident shareholder First Manhattan a board majority, ending an acrimonious proxy fight and bringing in a new CEO to the drugmaker accused of bungling...
18.07.2013
- Obesity drug maker Vivus, embroiled in a bitter proxy war with its top shareholder First Manhattan, said on Wednesday that FMC had rejected an offer to give the sides equal...
16.07.2013
- Simon Lowth is to quit as chief financial officer at AstraZeneca and return to his energy roots in the same role at BG Group after being passed over for the top job at the...
